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Washington Elementary School reports 2% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Washington Elementary School rose to two percent during the 2018-19 school year, according to a Lake County Gazette analysis of the latest Illinois schools report card.

The school's average daily attendance rate was 95 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Mundelein Esd 75 saw a chronic truancy rate of two percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 520 students in the 2018-19 school year, and average daily attendance was at 95 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.

Washington Elementary School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015009
20160.40.110
20171111
20181111
20192213

Washington Elementary School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015959694
2016959694
2017959694
2018959694
2019959594

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